Station-indicator.



No. 722,068. PATENTED MAR. 3 1903. P. J. WILSON.

STATION INDICATOR.

APPLICATION- IILED 00130, 1902.

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PETER J. IVILSON, OF BEN LOMOND, CALIFORNIA.

STATION-INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,068, dated March 3,1903.

Application filed October 30, 1902. Serial N0. 129,465. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER J. WILSON, a citizen oftheUnited States,residing at Ben Lomond, in the county of Santa Cruz and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inStation-Indicators; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention is an improved station-indicator for railway-cars, adaptedto give notice to the occupants of a car oftheir approach to a station asufficient length of time before the train reaches it to enable them toprepare to leave the car when the train stops, and thus avoid thetrouble experienced by travelersin ascertaining the station at whichthey wish to leave the train from the indistinct calls of the brakemanor conductor.

The object of myinvention is to provide an exceedingly cheap, simple,and efficient device of this character.

My invention consists in the peculiar construction and combination ofdevices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of astation-indicator embodying my improvements, showing the same disposedin operative position in one end of a car. Fig. 2 is a similar view ofthe frame, the indicatingtablets being omitted; and Fig. 3 is a verticaltransverse sectional view of my improved station-indicator.

In the embodiment of my invention I provide a supporting-frame 1, whichis adapted to be suspended at one end of the car and is provided at asuitable distance from its lower side near its center with a pair ofeyes 2, to which the station-indicating tablets 3 are attached, the saidtablets being provided near their upper corners with eyes or openingsthrough which the eyes 2 extend. The diameter of the eyes 2 is such thatthe stationindicating tablets may be readily turned successively fromthe front to the rear side of the pack or series of tablets as thevarious stations are passed.

The frame 1 is formed from a single piece of wire. The same is bent atsuitable distances from its ends to form eyes 4 to facilitate thehanging or suspension of the frame frame.

at either end of the car, either by means of pegs Ct, as shown in Fig.1, or suitable straps, which may depend from the roof of the car. Fromthe eyes 4 the end portions of the wire depend to form the ends 5 of thetablet-sup porting frame, and the extreme end portions of the wire arebent inwardly from the sides 5, as at 6, and then upwardly, as at 7,parallel with the sides 5. The eyes 2 are formed at the extreme upperends of the vertical portion 7, which is parallel with and somewhatspaced from the sides 5 of the frame. The eyes 2 may be of anysuitableform. Preferably their lower sides are somewhat flattened, as at 2, andtheir upper sides are semicircularin form, as at 2*. The size of thesaid eyes'will be dependent upon the number of the station-indicatingtablets and the thickness of said tablets. The tablets may be made ofcardboard, wood, tin, or any other suitable material, and I do not limitmyself in this particular. The tablets when the train starts from oneterminal of the road will be all superposed and will lie on the frontsides of the portion 7 of the After each station is passed thecorresponding tablet will be by the conductor or other trainman turnedto the rear side of the pack or collection of tablets and disposed tolie against the rear sides of the portions 7 of the frame 1. When theend of the roadis reached, the station-indicator will be shifted to theother end of the car and its position reversed to expose the inscribedsides of the station-indicating tablets, as will be understood.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of myinvention will be readily apparent, it is thought, without requiring amore extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A station-indicator, comprising a frame having means at its uppercorners whereby it may be suspended and disposed to lie in a verticalposition, and provided further with tablet-supportin g elements 7,spaced from and within its sides, and eyes at the upper ends of saidtablet-supporting elements, in combination with station indicatingtablets disposed to lie on the said supporting elements 7, connectedpivotally to the eyes thereof and adapted to be turned thereon to therear sides of said supporting elements 7, substantially as described.

2. In a station-indicator, a tablet-supporting frame formed of a singlepiece of wire, provided with supporting-eyes 4 at its upper corners,depending side portions 5, spacing portions 6 projecting inwardly fromthe lower ends of said side portions, upwardly-extendingtablet-supporting portions 7, and eyes 2 at the upper ends of saidtablet-supporting portions, substantially as described.

3. In a station-indicator, a tablet-supporting frame formed of a singlepiece of wire, provided with supporting-eyes 4 at its upper corners,depending side portions 5, spacing portions 6 projecting inwardly fromthe lower ends of said side portions, upwardly-extendingtablet-supporting portions 7, and eyes 2 at the upper ends of saidtablet-supporting portions, in combination with tablets connected to thesaid eyes and adapted to be turned thereon to either side of saidsupporting portions 7 substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

PETER J. WILSON.

Witnesses:

S. F. VAN WINKLE, THOS. HESSEY.

